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Article #75187Re: Cannot INSTALL
From: Iain
Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 23:43
Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 23:43
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McGrandpa wrote: > "Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:1115554707.615894.177470@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com > > McGrandpa wrote: > >> "Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message > >> news:1115472887.429452.183440@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com > >>> McGrandpa wrote: > >>>> "Dan C" <youmustbejoking@invalid.lan> wrote in message > >>>> news:pan.2005.05.05.19.10.58.81062@invalid.lan > >>>>> On Thu, 05 May 2005 06:52:02 -0700, Iain wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> INSTALL INSTALL INSTALL. Either way I need to install. It doesn't > >>>>>> matter what I do -- someone always mentions WinQuake(nothing to > >>>>>> do with installation). > >>>>> > >>>>> Were you born ignorant, or has a lifetime of spoon-feeding made > >>>>> you that way. Do something for yourself, you lazy dweeb. > >>>> > >>>> He was just trying to get someone to tell him HOW he can get the > >>>> gamefiles unpacked and on his hd. I'd call the person stumped, not > >>>> lazy. > >>> > >>> I wouldn't normally be so persistant and uneloquent about it, but > >>> this question has been asked many many times by people and not one > >>> single person ever reads one of the questions properly and so > >>> everyone harps on about WinQuake and such -- I thought putting > >>> "INSTALL" in capitals in the original post would be enough, but > >>> someone still said "Use WinQuake". > >>> > >>> Thanks for your answers elsewhere in the thread, btw. > >>> > >>> ~Iain > >> > >> You're welcome :) Did you get it installed yet? > >> McG. > > > > Yep -- Deice wouldn't run in a DOS box until I found that my > > autoexec.nt(necessary for running many DOS-based software in XP) file > > was missing, for some reason, but got it running in the end. > > > > ~Iain > > Good, excellent! :) BTW- I discovered that installing XP SP2 installed > its crap version of opengl32.dll. Apparently everywhere it occurred. > To get GLQuake and GLQuakeWorld working again, I simply took my updated > vid drivers version from system32 and copied it to my Quake folder. > That now works fine. I'm glad. I had been missing my little monster > buddies ;) And I did NOT like eQuake/FUH Quake for single player at > all. Have you tried the grapple hook yet? I have Grapple Hook as part of the Killer quake Pack -- tried that? ~Iain
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